Fedomia
Extinct genus of sponge-like animals
Fedomia Temporal range: Late Ediacaran, 558–555 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Simplified line drawing of a radial Fedomia specimen. Note star-shaped structures. Scale bar: 1cm | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera (?) |
Genus: | †Fedomia Serezhnikova & Ivantsov, 2007 |
Species: | †F. mikhaili |
Binomial name | |
†Fedomia mikhaili Serezhnikova & Ivantsov, 2007 |
Fedomia is a genus of organisms resembling sea sponges from the Ediacaran Period.[1]
The organisms look like sacs, often connected and occasionally radiating from a central point, and are millimetres to centimetres in length. Their surface is often patterned with a number of concave, star-shaped, spicule-like structures with six to eight points, with a diameter of 2–5 mm; these were probably flexible rather than rigid.[1]
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References
- ^ a b Serezhnikova, E. A.; Ivantsov, A. Y. (2007), "Fedomia mikhaili—A new spicule-bearing organism of sponge grade from the Vendian (Ediacaran) of the White Sea, Russia", Palaeoworld, 16 (4): 319–324, doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2007.07.004
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